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CE18M051 - Mix Design (Self Compacting Concrete) PDF

This lab report summarizes an experiment to design a self-compacting concrete mix. The objectives were to determine the fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete made with a specific mix design. Tests were performed on fresh concrete samples to assess flowability, passing ability, and resistance to segregation. The concrete was then cured and tested for compressive strength. Key results included fresh concrete testing averages of 495mm for slump flow test and 12.13 seconds for V-funnel test. The report provides details on the mix design, materials, procedures, observations and calculations.

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CE18M051 - Mix Design (Self Compacting Concrete) PDF

This lab report summarizes an experiment to design a self-compacting concrete mix. The objectives were to determine the fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete made with a specific mix design. Tests were performed on fresh concrete samples to assess flowability, passing ability, and resistance to segregation. The concrete was then cured and tested for compressive strength. Key results included fresh concrete testing averages of 495mm for slump flow test and 12.13 seconds for V-funnel test. The report provides details on the mix design, materials, procedures, observations and calculations.

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4/1/2019 CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS LAB
LAB REPORT

GROUP-1
K.S. VIDAAN SHANKAR
CE18M051
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LAB

EXPERIMENT - 12: MIX DESIGN


(Self-Compacting Concrete)

Mix design can be defined as the process of selecting suitable ingredients of concrete and
determining their relative proportions with the object of producing concrete of certain minimum
strength and durability as economically as possible.

AIM:
to prepare the concrete mix for a given mix proportion and to assess the characteristics of
fresh SCC using various test methods as prescribed in standard guidelines and find out the
characteristics compressive strength achieved.

OBJECTIVE:
1. To find out Characteristics of Fresh SCC and strength of hardened SCC.
2. To prepare a Concrete mix for a following given mix proportion including addition of
VMA and SP in required dosage.

REFERENCES IS CODES:
1. IS 10262 – 2019 : Concrete Mix Proportioning - Guidelines ( Second Revision )
2. Is 456 – 2000 : Code of practice for plain and reinforced concrete (fourth revision)
3. Hajime Okamura and Masahiro Ouchi – “Self Compacting Concrete” – Journal of
advanced concrete Technology Vol – 1. No. 1. 5-16 April2003
4. Nan Su, Kung Chung Hsu, His-Wen Chai – “A simple mix design method for Self
Compacting Concrete” – Cement and Concrete Research 31 (2001) 1799 – 1807.

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COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF M25 GRADE CONCRETE

APPARATUS / EQUIPMENT:
1. Slump cone
2. Compaction factor apparatus
3. Trowels
4. Compression Testing Machine (CTM)

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
1. Cement
2. Water
As per Mix Design
3. Coarse Aggregate
4. Fine Aggregate

The given mix proportion is as follows :


Parameter SCC – Mix Volume Required

For 1cum For testing- 0.015cum

Cement-Kg 348.00 5.22


Fly Ash -Kg 147.00 2.205
Fine Aggregate-Kg 786.00 11.79
Coarse Aggregate 12.5mm 171.00 2.565
Coarse Aggregate 20mm 681.00 10.215
Water content-Ltrs 184.00 2.76
Plasticizer Mix (% of bwoc)-
0.16 12ml*

VMA - (% of bwoc)- 0.011 3ml*


Note:- * The amount of SP and VMA added based on trail on seeing mix workability
.Hence Actual dosage vary from standard percentage

DEFINITIONS:
1. Self Compacting Concrete :- Self-compacting concrete (SCC), a new kind of high
performance concrete (HPC) with excellent deformability and segregation resistance. It
is a special kind concrete that can flow through and fill the gaps of reinforcement and
corners of moulds without any need for vibration and compaction during the placing
process.
2. Mix Proportioning Comparison w.r.t Conventional concrete:-

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Figure-1:- Showing Mix-proportioning comparison between SCC and conventional Concrete.

PROCEDURE:
Batching:-
1. Calculate the required material for given mix and volume to fill sufficient enough to
carry out all tests (0.015 cum) and casting cubes with a provision of minor wastage .
2. As per the calculation, get the required material from the stack and weigh properly.
Mixing :-
After Batching of material, mix all the materials in mixture machine by loading material
sequentially starting from coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, Cement, water and admixture. Mix
them thoroughly till homogeneous mix obtained.

TESTS:
1. U-Flow Test:-
a) This is also called as Box-test
b) U-flow test was developed by Taisei Group
c) In this test, the degree of compactability can be indicated by the height that the
concrete reaches after flowing through an obstacle.
d) Concrete with a filling height of over 300 mm can be judged as self-compacting.
e) The Box-test is more suitable for detecting concrete with higher possibility of
segregation between coarse aggregate and mortar.

Figure-2:- Box and Obstacle employed to carry out test

2. V-Funnel Test:-

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a) V funnel test on self compacting concrete is used to measure the flowability. But the
flowability of concrete is affected by its other properties as well which may affect
the flowability of the concrete during testing.

Figure-3:-Showing V-Funnel with Dimensions

3. L-Box Test:-
a) This test assesses the flow of the concrete and also the extent to which it
is subjected to blocking by reinforcement

Figure-4:-Showing L-Box with Dimensions.


4. J-Ring Test:-
a) The J-ring test can be used to determine the passing ability of self- consolidating
concrete. It is applicable for laboratory use in testing different concrete mixtures for
passing ability or can be used in the field as a quality control test. It is typical to also
perform a slump flow test with the J-ring test.

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Figure-5:-Showing J-ring arrangement with Dimensions.


5. Slump test
a) The test method differs from the conventional one in the way that the concrete
sample placed into the mould has no reinforcement rod and when the slump cone is
removed the sample collapses.
b) The diameter of the spread of the sample is measured, i.e. a horizontal distance is
measured as against the vertical slump measured in the conventional test.
c) While measuring the diameter of the spread, the time that the sample takes to
reach a diameter of 500 mm (T50) is also sometimes measured.
d) The Slump Flow test can give an indication about the filling ability of SCC and an
experienced operator can also detect an extreme susceptibility of the mix to
segregation.
e) However, this information cannot be obtained from numerical results alone, a
substantial previous experience in using the test and carrying out construction in
SCC is essential.

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Figure-6:-Showing arrangement of slump cone test with Dimensions.

Casting:
After the above tests , Clean the mounds and apply oil. Fill the concrete in the moulds without
vibration . Level the top surface and smoothen it with a trowel.

Curing:
The test specimens are stored in moist air for 24 hours and after this period the specimens are
marked and removed from the moulds and kept in curing chamber until taken out prior to test.
Compressive strength test:
1. Remove the specimen from water after specified curing time and wipe out excess water
from the surface.
2. Clean the bearing surface of the testing machine. Place the specimen in the machine in
such a manner that the load shall be applied to the opposite sides of the cube cast. Align
the specimen centrally on the base plate of the machine.
3. Apply the load gradually without shock and continuously at the rate of 140
kg/cm2/minute till the specimen fails. Record the maximum load and note any unusual
features in the type of failure.

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OBSERVATIONS & CALCULATIONS:

Table-1 Findings of SCC characteristics


Sl.No. Characteristics Test Method Parameters Results

Slump flow (500+490)/2 =


1 Flowability
Slump Flow 495mm
Segregation test Time Taken to reach
9.08sec
resistance ability 500mm /495mm
Time required to
Segregation
2 flow through V- 12.13 sec
resistance ability V-Funnel test
Funnel
Slump flow (450+480)/2 =
3 Flowability
465mm
Segregation J-Ring Test Time Taken to reach
24sec
resistance ability 500mm /465mm
The Height concrete
4 U-Flow test reaches after flowing 100mm
Flowability
through obstacle
Flow Length after
5 Flowability L-Box Test passing through -
obstacle

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Photographs

Slump test Measuring slump

J-Ring test V-Funnel test

Compressive Strength Results:

Table-2 7 Day strength of SCC mix.


Sl.no Sample ID Weight in Load in Compressive Average
(kgs) (kN) strength (MPa) compressive
strength (MPa)
1 Cube-G1-T1-S1 2.457 246.60 24.66

2 Cube-G1-T1-S2 2.455 271.20 27.12


27.58

3 Cube-G1-T1-S3 2.398 309.80 30.98

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RESULT AND CONCLUSIONS:

Table-3 Proposed specification for SCC by JSCE


1. Flowability result obtained from Slump Flow test, confirms that the trail mix carried at
lab matches to the rank-3 of the proposed specification, where flowability between
500mm - 600mm can be used where minimum gap between reinforcement is >200mm.
However, in current construction condition generally gap between reinforcement are
generally <150mm since more slender members are being adopted. Hence, the
applicability of trail mix are rare and required to be improved.
2. Trial mix possess good segregation resistance ability 9.08sec and 12.13sec. against
proposed 3-25 secs when tested in Slump flow and V-funnel test. However, while J-ring
test shows 24 sec, which is on higher side of proposed specification may be due to delay
in testing the sample after several other tests.
3. Flowability of trial mix was found 465mm when test conducted using J-ring which could
not reach the minimum proposed value of 500mm. This indicates that, the trial mix fails
to flow through obstruction and may not undergo self-consolidation under conjunction
places .The failure to meet the minimum flowability can be attributable to the amount
of dosage of SP used, which may result in bleeding of concrete and loss of cement
slurry.
4. Flowability of trail mix is found to be very minimal when test conducted using U-Box
and L-Box test it failed to meet minimal proposed specification for all the ranks. The
failure to meet the minimum flowability can be attributable to the amount of dosage of
SP used ,which may resulted in bleeding of concrete and loss of cement slurry.
5. The 7-day characteristic compressive strength of the trail mix found to be 27.58Mpa
,which corresponds to the Mix Grade of M-40 (27.58/0.67 = 41.58Mpa). Hence the Trail
mix can be classified as around M-40 grade concrete.

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